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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020

Evaluating the Role of Autistic Traits, Social Anxiety, and Social Network Changes During Transition to First Year of University in Typically Developing Students and Students on the Autism Spectrum.

Jiedi Lei, Mark Brosnan, Chris Ashwin, Ailsa Russell

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiedi LeiCentre for Applied Autism Research, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. jl3125@bath.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9005-5512
Mark BrosnanCentre for Applied Autism Research, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
Chris AshwinCentre for Applied Autism Research, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
Ailsa RussellCentre for Applied Autism Research, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
University of Bath · GB

Funding

Office for Fair Access, Widening Particiation (University of Bath) PhD Studentship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the first longitudinal study to quantitatively evaluate changes in social network structure (SNS) and perceived social support (PSS) amongst first-year students on the autism spectrum (n = 21) and typically developing (TD; n = 182) students transitioning to university. The relative impact of changes in SNS/PSS, students' social anxiety and autistic traits, on first-year university transition outcomes were also examined. Both groups gained friends over time who provided better support quantity and quality during first year of university. Social anxiety showed long-term differential negative impact on students on the autism spectrum and TD students' academic, social and personal/emotional adjustments, and institutional attachment, suggesting stakeholders should focus on delivering interventions to reduce social anxiety to improve university transition outcomes.

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Social SupportUniversitiesAdolescentAnxietyAutism Spectrum DisorderCase-Control StudiesFemaleFriendsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleStudentsYoung AdultAutism spectrum disorderCollegePerceived social supportSocial anxietySocial networkUniversity

Identifiers

PMID32034649
PMCPMC7374465
OpenAlexW3004617889

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